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...Star Trek's "holodeck," an immersive and utterly realistic virtual environment, inspired Case Western Reserve University Assistant Professor Stacy Williams to conceptualize a virtual reality theater to help people with communications disorders (i.e., stuttering problems, high-functioning autism, recovering from strokes, etc.). Case Western has always been an advocate of what Williams calls the "sage on the stage versus the guide on the side" learning method, in which students gain their own knowledge through "routine, everyday activities and/or challenges" with intermittent guidance from a teacher, she says. "Star Trek is that situated learning paradigm at its prime," says Williams, referring...
...town of just 4,400 households, where news of Clinton "sightings" travels quickly from one end of downtown to the other (just three ritzy shop-lined blocks), any Bill or Hillary outing could become public knowledge. But the Clintons, especially Bill, still trek around town regularly. Nearly everyone has a story about greeting the charismatic former President (the "nicest guy in the world," according to a manager at the Clintons' local deli, Lange's), being in a store when a Clinton came in (the duo has visited nearly all of Chappaqua's shops and restaurants), or just watching Bill stroll...
...time to visit is September to March, when you can admire wintering European geese and Siberian cranes. The park offers chances to see more than 100 other species, including teals, kingfishers, cranes and herons. Boating is available on Sultanpur Lake and if you don't feel like making the trek back to town, you'll find plenty of guesthouses nearby. HONG KONG Counted among Hong Kong's best-kept secrets, the Mai Po Marshes attract many wetland birds, including endangered Dalmatian pelicans, Saunders' gulls and, in winter, rare black-faced spoonbills. Well-marked trails allow for easy access to much...
...happen.The bus rides make me optimistic and hopeful simply because I am going somewhere else. Even if my destination is only a concert or a friend’s barbeque party, the trip is pregnant with hope that the event, or some incident along the way, will make the trek worth my while and will deliver me from the halcyon days of summer, validating this three-month break from classes that is fast coming to a close.Not that I haven’t had a fantastic summer in Cambridge and The Crimson’s usually-air-conditioned offices...
...your phasers to sell. Star Trek-abilia, including Spock's ears and Captain Kirk's chair, went on display in London last week to gear up for an October auction marking the series' 40th birthday...